Patents
Patents for G01B 9 - Instruments as specified in the subgroups and characterised by the use of optical measuring means (14,810)
03/1998
03/25/1998EP0831568A2 A dual harmonic-wavelength split-frequency laser
03/25/1998EP0831312A1 Optical fibre interferometer and optical fibre piezo-electric modulator
03/25/1998EP0831298A2 Wave-surface aberration-measuring apparatus and methods
03/25/1998EP0831297A1 Optical apparatus for inspecting laser texture
03/25/1998EP0831296A1 Optical apparatus for rapid defect analysis
03/24/1998US5732095 Dual harmonic-wavelength split-frequency laser
03/18/1998EP0828989A1 Method and apparatus for integrating an automated system to a laboratory
03/13/1998CA2212080A1 Triple modulation experiment for a fourier transform spectrometer
03/11/1998EP0828138A2 Device for examining surfaces
03/11/1998EP0828137A2 Device for examining surfaces
03/05/1998DE19729380A1 Physical dimensions determining method for person represented by stored image from monitoring camera
03/04/1998EP0827002A2 Method of determining position data and device for measuring the magnification of an optical beam path
03/03/1998US5724137 Fringe pattern discriminator for interferometer using diffraction gratings
03/03/1998US5724136 For providing a measurement of motion of a moving stage
02/1998
02/26/1998WO1998008219A1 Phase-controlled evanescent field systems and methods
02/26/1998DE4313076C2 Interferometer Interferometer
02/26/1998DE19727404A1 System for determining fluctuations in refractive index of gas or air
02/26/1998DE19727402A1 System for determining fluctuations in refractive index of gas or air
02/25/1998EP0825479A1 Optical non-linear branching element with MZ interferometer
02/24/1998US5721616 Tilt free micromotion translator
02/24/1998US5721615 Sensor system for measurement of temperature or strain
02/17/1998US5719676 Diffraction management for grazing incidence interferometer
02/17/1998US5719673 Interferometer arrangement with adjustable optical path length difference for detecting a distance between different layers of an eye
02/12/1998WO1998005933A1 Interferometer and method for compensation of dispersion or increase in spectral resolution of such an interferometer
02/11/1998EP0823307A1 Optical unit for image projection and tool incorporating same
02/11/1998CN1172958A Mach-zehnder interferometric devices with composite fibers
02/10/1998US5716324 Endoscope with surface and deep portion imaging systems
02/04/1998EP0822436A2 Method for determining measurement-point position data and device for measuring the magnification of an optical beam path
02/04/1998CN1172532A Electro-optical measuring device for absolute distances
02/03/1998US5715057 Reference interferometer with variable wavelength and folded measurement beam path
02/03/1998US5715054 Scanning force microscope with detector probe for the atomic resolution of a surface structure
02/03/1998US5713893 Anhydrous acrylic having ablation rate similar to that of human corneal tissue; for evaluation of lasers for ophthalmologic surgery
01/1998
01/29/1998WO1998003836A1 Coordinate measuring system
01/28/1998EP0821246A1 Self-mixing laser velocimeter
01/22/1998WO1998002720A1 An interferometer
01/22/1998DE4204857C2 Verfahren zur Untersuchung einer Oberflächenform mit einem Interferometer A method of examining a surface shape with an interferometer
01/22/1998CA2260076A1 An interferometer
01/21/1998EP0819964A1 Microscope aperture control
01/21/1998CN1037125C Method and apparatus for detecting surface roughness
01/20/1998US5710848 Optimized non-linear effect tapered optical fiber and method of making same
01/20/1998US5710629 Interferometric measuring device forming a spacial interference pattern
01/14/1998EP0818694A1 Mach-zehnder interferometric devices with composite fibers
01/13/1998US5708505 Laser interferometer having a sheath for the laser beam
01/08/1998CA2208122A1 Mach-zehnder interferometric devices with composite fibers
01/07/1998EP0816798A2 Method and interferometric apparatus for measuring changes in displacement of an object in a rotating reference frame
01/07/1998EP0815411A1 Process and device for determining three-dimensional structures in the submicron range
01/06/1998US5706085 Method for the non-contact rapid and accurate acquisition of the surface topology of objects
01/06/1998US5706084 Modulated source interferometry with combined amputude & frequency modulation
01/02/1998DE19625830A1 Process for obtaining shearing patterns by speckle interferometry
12/1997
12/31/1997WO1997049970A1 Fringe pattern discriminator for interferometer using diffraction gratings
12/31/1997CN1168967A Fiber coupled interferometric displacement sensor
12/29/1997EP0814331A2 Optical test system including interferometer with micromirror
12/17/1997EP0746745A4 Method and apparatus for the rapid acquisition of data in coherence scanning interferometry
12/16/1997US5699160 Optical apparatus for inspecting laser texture
12/16/1997US5699158 Apparatus for accurately detecting rectilinear motion of a moving object using a divided beam of laser light
12/11/1997WO1997046890A1 Interferometric signal processing apparatus
12/11/1997DE19723448A1 Compensation method for time delay in interferometer measurement and reference signals
12/11/1997CA2256717A1 Interferometric signal processing apparatus
12/10/1997EP0682771A4 Method and apparatus for surface topography measurement by spatial-frequency analysis of interferograms.
12/10/1997EP0609419B1 Interferometric probe for distance measurement
12/04/1997WO1997045773A1 Interferometric broadband imaging
12/03/1997EP0810457A1 Scanning confocal microscope
12/03/1997CN2269583Y Telescope for measuring distance
12/02/1997US5694220 Minute step measuring method
12/02/1997US5694217 Interferometer for testing forms of surface and stress and strain
12/02/1997US5694216 Scanning heterodyne acousto-optical interferometers
11/1997
11/27/1997DE19620192A1 Scanning equipment, in particular scanning probe microscope
11/20/1997DE19719462A1 Contrast increasing method for coherence tomographic imaging
11/20/1997DE19637777C1 Method of error correction for heterodyne transformer
11/19/1997EP0807812A1 Glucose concentration measuring method and apparatus
11/19/1997EP0807262A1 Electro-optical measuring device for absolute distances
11/19/1997CN1165079A Marking of mold inserts to produce marked contact lenses
11/18/1997US5689335 Apparatus and method for heterodyne-generated two-dimensional detector array using a single element detector
11/13/1997DE19643074A1 Interferometer test apparatus for examining surface characteristics
11/13/1997DE19618419A1 Diffraction limited spherical wave generator for e.g. reference wave in interferometer
11/06/1997WO1997040991A2 Method for analyzing a separation in a deformable structure
11/05/1997EP0804712A1 Interferometric measurement of surfaces with diffractive optics at grazing incidence
11/04/1997US5684594 Object fixturing in interferometer
11/04/1997US5684588 Homodyne and hetrodyne imaging in a light scattering medium
10/1997
10/28/1997US5682447 Photomechanical positioning and stabilization method and devices using optical fibers and feedback
10/28/1997US5682240 Interferometric measurements with multiple light sources
10/28/1997US5682239 Apparatus for detecting positional deviation of diffraction gratings on a substrate by utilizing optical heterodyne interference of light beams incident on the gratings from first and second light emitters
10/28/1997US5682238 Signal processing apparatus
10/28/1997US5682237 Fiber strain sensor and system including one intrinsic and one extrinsic fabry-perot interferometer
10/23/1997WO1997039309A1 Object fixturing in interferometer
10/23/1997WO1997039307A1 Diffraction management for grazing incidence interferometer
10/23/1997WO1997039306A1 Apparatus for analyzing a separation in a deformable structure
10/23/1997WO1997039305A1 Sensitive and fast response optical detection of transient motion from a scattering surface by two-wave mixing
10/22/1997EP0801760A1 Method of determining the position of a feature on an object relative to a surgical microscope and a device for carrying out the method
10/22/1997EP0647310B1 Method of an apparatus for interferometrically inspecting a surface of an object
10/22/1997EP0620912A4 Interferometer structure.
10/21/1997US5680214 Horizontal-post/vertical-flexure arrangement for supporting large reference optics in phase-shifting scanning
10/21/1997US5680212 Sensitive and fast response optical detection of transient motion from a scattering surface by two-wave mixing
10/21/1997US5680210 Interferometric target detecting apparatus having a light source with more Lorentzian than Gaussian spectral components
10/16/1997DE19630191C1 Laser interferometer with encapsulated measuring path
10/15/1997CN1162125A Compensater for compensating optical distance variation through transparent material by thermal dilation
10/14/1997US5677768 Method and interferometric apparatus for measuring changes in displacement of an object in a rotating reference frame
10/14/1997US5677767 Fiber ring interferometer using a Kerr medium optical fiber loop
10/09/1997WO1997037264A1 Confocal optical apparatus
10/09/1997DE19613303A1 Absolute distance measurement method working with variable wavelengths using two light conductors